Next year's WestPack, until now a stand-alone event, is to join four other related exhibitions in the Anaheim Convention Center from 19-21 February 2003. The entire event, which will incorporate Medical Design & Manufacturing West, Pacific Design & Manufacturing, Electronics West, and the PLASTEC West Pavilion, will feature more than 3,000 exhibiting companies and 40,000 professionals.
"Most West Coast packaging professionals have not participated in an event of this size and scope," said Diane O'Connor, trade show director for Canon Communications, the event organiser. "WestPack has evolved from a stand-alone show to an integral part of a comprehensive event serving all aspects of design, manufacturing, and packaging. No other event on the West Coast offers such `front-to-back-end' coverage."
The exhibition will include suppliers in several categories, including machinery and machinery components, closures, containers, materials and services. WestPack will also feature product pavilions in Cosmetic & Personal Care Packaging, Pharmaceutical & Nutraceutical Packaging, and Material Handling/Logistics.
The show will hold a full conference schedule for original equipment manufacturers. Information about WestPack, including online registration and comprehensive conference sessions, is available at www.westpackshow.com.